My Take
Paul Weller is one of those rare artists who's managed to be genuinely important across multiple decades and multiple sounds — punk-tinged mod with the Jam, blue-eyed soul and jazz with Style Council, and then this remarkable late-career run as a solo artist where each album feels more confident than the last. I grew up reading about the Jam before I ever heard them, and when I finally did, that urgency was real — "The Eton Rifles," "Going Underground," that whole working-class anger hitting perfectly. But what impresses me most is how he never coasted on nostalgia. Into his fifties and sixties he was still putting out genuinely adventurous records, earning the MOJO Awards recognition he deserved. The Modfather tag is well-earned — the man basically wrote the rulebook on cool.
Overview
John William Weller (born 25 May 1958) is an English singer-songwriter and musician. Weller achieved fame in the late 1970s as the guitarist and principal singer and songwriter of the rock band the Jam, alongside Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler. The band gained significant critical and commercial success in the United Kingdom, and were the most influential band of the mod revival of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Paul Weller
- Name (Japanese)
- ポール・ウェラー
- Reading
- ぽーる・うぇらー
- Born
- May 25, 1958 (age 68)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Dog
- Origin
- Woking, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter / guitarist / singer / drummer / recording artist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- MOJO Awards
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.